B2 – Upper Intermediate
They say that necessity is the mother of all inventions and man, in general, will always crave for knowledge. It is probably this combination that brought Louis Braille to the development of the Braille System.
Read the article below to find out more about the Braille system.
http://www.english-online.at/society/braille/braille-language-for-blind-people.htm
Discussion Questions:
- Share your thoughts on this: Although Braille is thought to be the main way that blind people can read and write, only few people really use it. In Great Britain, for example only about 20,000 out of 2 million visually impaired actually use Braille.
- Does your country have special training facilities for people who are visually impaired? Talk about it.
- In your country, do people with visual disabilities have specific benefits? Talk about them.
- Are you aware of any new technologies that people with visual disabilities are using to make everyday life easier?
- What do you think are ways to make Braille more attractive to users?
2 replies on “Braille – A Language for Blind People”
1. I don’t know but i think they might have braille programs for blind people.
2. yes they do. not only in hospitals and different entities, but also they pay less taxes.
3. No, as i have no relationship with anyone with disabilities, I’m not aware of any new technologies for them.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this topic.
Remember that whenever you begin a sentence, you have to capitalize the first letter of the first word.
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